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Cesar’s Palace

In the aftermath of the Ronna McDaniel hiring-and-firing scandal, the NBC News Group blame game has begun to point back toward chairman Cesar Conde, his hands-off leadership style, and his very transparent ambitions.

Cesar Conde
Conde is a true executive, and not the sort of emotional and creatively brilliant leader that many old timers are used to seeing in that seat. Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for TIME
Dylan Byers
March 29, 2024

On Thursday, as NBC News and MSNBC journalists were convalescing from their bosses’ duncical, whirlwind hiring-and-firing of former Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel, and the two-day, on-air insurrection that precipitated her ouster, NBC News president Rebecca Blumenstein took a trip from 30 Rock to 400 North Cap, in Washington, to assuage the anxieties of the D.C.-based reporters. And, of course, to volunteer as tribute for the pent-up rage of the correspondents and producers who hadn’t yet been afforded a turn with the whip.